Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured contracts for three of its premium jack-up drilling rigs, which will be put to work in Brazil, Malaysia and Gabon.These contract and extensions for Borr Drilling’s Arabia I, Gunnlod and Norve jack-ups cover a total of 1…
Twin Brothers Marine (TBM) has joined a major infrastructure development project to support multiple renewable energy initiatives along the Northeast Coast, including offshore wind.The project will involve the fabrication and delivery of 3,000 tons of structural components…
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has issued the Offshore Wind National and Regional Research and Development Funding Opportunity, which will award $48.6 million for projects that address several major areas of need for offshore wind…
Ocean Energy USA, a subsidiary of Irish-based Ocean Energy, has deployed its 1.25 MW-rated wave energy device at the US Navy's Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii.The 826-ton wave energy device, dubbed OE-35, will be connected to the Hawaiian electricity grid by subsea cable in the coming weeks…
TSC Subsea has secured a contract with a major operator for the subsea inspection of insulated flexible pipes in the pre-salt region offshore Brazil.The multi-year contract will enable the company to deliver continuous inspection services to the unnamed client from 2024 to 2026…
Asia-pacific focused oil and gas company Jadestone Energy has been awarded a 100% participating interest in a Small Field Asset Production Sharing Contract (SFA Cluster PSC) offshore Malaysia by Petronas, through Malaysia Petroleum Management…
Slovakia-based drilling specialist GA Drilling has entered into a technical cooperation program with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras to deliver more efficient deep drilling system.In cooperation with Cenpes, Petrobras’ research…
French oil major TotalEnergies reported a 6% fall in second-quarter earnings on Thursday, worse than analysts expected, hurt by lower refined product and gas sales and as European refining margins tumbled.Adjusted net income for the three months to June 30 was $4…
Crown LNG Holdings, a provider of LNG liquefaction and regasification terminal technologies for harsh weather locations, has selected IKM Engineering & Environmental Consultants (IKM) as its partner for the design and engineering of a floating LNG import terminal in the Firth of Forth…
Great British Energy, a new UK government-owned clean energy company, and the Crown Estate have entered into partnership, which could facilitate up to 20-30 GW of new offshore wind developments reaching seabed lease stage by 2030.Great British Energy (GB Energy) Bill…
The Port San Luis Harbor District has entered into a project evaluation agreement with Clean Energy Terminals (CET), a leading developer of offshore wind port facilities across the U.S., to asses the development of the West Coast's first offshore wind operations and maintenance port…
Jan de Nul has named its new XL cable laying vessel (CLV), an identical copy of the previously ordered Fleeming Jenkin, after an Irish scientist William Thomson.The William Thomson will have three carousels and cable-carrying capacity of 28…
Dutch FPSO leasing specialist SBM Offshore has held a naming ceremony for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit, which will be deployed at a field offshore Brazil for oil and gas company Petrobras.The FPSO Almirante Tamandaré…
Satellite communications solutions firm Marlink and Shelf Drilling have agreed to conduct communications and network upgrades on the offshore driller’s 36-strong jack-up rig fleet.The first upgrade involves implementing a software-defined network…
UK-based tech-powered offshore wind solutions provider Rovco has been awarded the site characterization survey work in support of the development of Green Volt floating wind farm in Scotland.Rovco will focus on geophysical surveys in the OWF array area…